Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite

About this recording

"Chremes and Demipho are two aged Athenians, brothers. Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes, is a wealthy woman, possessed of large estates in the island of Lemnos. Chremes, who goes thither yearly to receive the rents, meets with a poor woman there, whom he secretly marries, and has by her a daughter called Phanium: while engaged in this intrigue, Chremes passes at Lemnos by the name of Stilpho. By his wife, Nausistrata, at Athens, Chremes has a son, named Phædria, and his brother has a son, named Antipho." Got all that? And so now, "Phanium having now arrived at her fifteenth year, the two brothers privately agree that she shall be brought to Athens and married to Antipho."

- Summary by Translator and ToddHW

Cast list:

Demipho, Aged Athenian, brother: Algy Pug

Chremes, Aged Athenian, brother: Alan Mapstone

Antipho, son of Demipho: VocalPenguin

Phædria, son of Chremes: Adrian Stephens

Phormio, a Parasite: ToddHW

Geta, servant of Demipho: Sonia

Davus, a servant: Matthew Reece

Hegio, Advocate: Son of the Exiles

Cratinus, Advocate: Dave Lantz

Crito, Advocate: David Purdy

Dorio, a Procurer: Nemo

Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes: Eva Davis

Sophrona, the nurse of Phanium: Availle

Stage…

• Comedy